Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Inequality and Stratification (2)
- Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration (2)
- Politics and Social Change (2)
- Public Administration (2)
- Social Policy (2)
-
- Social Welfare (2)
- African American Studies (1)
- American Studies (1)
- Anthropology (1)
- Arts and Humanities (1)
- Asian American Studies (1)
- Caribbean Languages and Societies (1)
- Chicana/o Studies (1)
- Criminology and Criminal Justice (1)
- Economic Policy (1)
- Economics (1)
- Emergency and Disaster Management (1)
- Environmental Policy (1)
- Environmental Studies (1)
- Ethnic Studies (1)
- Family, Life Course, and Society (1)
- Gender and Sexuality (1)
- Gerontology (1)
- Health Policy (1)
- Human Rights Law (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Other Sociology
The Socio-Political And Economic Causes Of Natural Disasters, Nicole Southard
The Socio-Political And Economic Causes Of Natural Disasters, Nicole Southard
CMC Senior Theses
To effectively prevent and mitigate the outbreak of natural disasters is a more pressing issue in the twenty-first century than ever before. The frequency and cost of natural disasters is rising globally, most especially in developing countries where the most severe effects of climate change are felt. However, while climate change is indeed a strong force impacting the severity of contemporary catastrophes, it is not directly responsible for the exorbitant cost of the damage and suffering incurred from natural disasters -- both financially and in terms of human life. Rather, the true root causes of natural disasters lie within the …
The Social Practice Of Human Rights, Joel Pruce
The Social Practice Of Human Rights, Joel Pruce
Joel Pruce
The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by focusing on the space in between. In capturing this cutting edge research program, the volume proposes a perspective that motivates critical self-reflection of the strategies that drive communities dedicated to the advocacy and implementation of human rights. The social practice of human rights takes place not in front of a judge, but in the streets and alleys, in the backrooms and out-of-the-way places where change occurs. Contributors to this volume investigate the contexts and efforts of activists and professionals devoted to promoting human rights norms. This research takes …
Imagining The Unimaginable: Torture And The Criminal Law, Francesca Laguardia
Imagining The Unimaginable: Torture And The Criminal Law, Francesca Laguardia
Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This article examines the use of torture by the U.S. government in the context of the late 20th-century preventive turn in criminal justice. Challenging the assumption that the use of “enhanced interrogation tactics” in the war on terror was an exceptional deviation from accepted norms, this article suggests that this deviation began decades before the terror attacks, in the context of conventional criminal procedure. I point to the use of the “ticking time bomb hypothetical,” and its connection to criminal procedure’s “kidnapping hypothetical.” Using case law and criminal procedure textbooks I trace the employment of that narrative over several decades, …